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My friend and I saw a big cat on Exmoor in 1982 – Inkl
Inkl
Letter: Steve Jones responds to Max Lury’s report of seeing a big cat on Dartmoor as a child, and not being believed.

The reports of ‘big cats’ made to police in Northern Ireland in five years | Belfast Live
Belfast Live
The FOI shows that prior to September 2021, police would send officers on a patrol to check out whether or not there may be a big cat in the area but .

Loch Ness Monster sightings bring recent Nessie ‘drought’ to an end – Inverness Courier
Inverness Courier
In comments reposted on the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register, he said: “At 10.30am, just near the opening for the Caledonian Canal, I saw

War on Iran disrupts efforts to save the Asiatic cheetah, world’s rarest big cat – MR Online
MR Online
The Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) is the world’s most endangered big cat, and the number counted in the wild rose to 27. Bagher Nezami,

Cumbrian woman tells of ‘big cat’ encounters in Cumbria | The Westmorland Gazette
Westmorland Gazette
Liz has been tracking a ‘mother and cub’ around her home for several years and has shared her latest experiences on the Big Cat Conversations podcast.

On This Day: ‘Black panther’ spotted on Prestatyn beach | Rhyl Journal
Rhyl Journal
Tony Jones, Puma Watch founder, said there had been other sightings of big cats along the Denbighshire coast. Mr Jones added at the time: “Towards the …

Big cats in Notts.

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Big cat sightings in Herefordshire in 90s and 2000s – The Hereford Times

Unexpected big cat sighting in Devon! | Facebook

A news story which has been disseminated today, may have provided an answer to a mild cryptological mystery which has intrigued me for many years. The provenance of the so-called “Indian lions“ of the Gir forest in Western India has been thrown into doubt by a book called Exotic Aliens by Valmik Thapar et al, but nobody has ever claimed that lions have been found east of the subcontinent. However, animals described as “lion dogs“ have been a major part of Chinese iconography for many years, and when I was a child in Hong Kong, I was told fairy stories about them. Indeed, there is a locally famous landmark in Hong Kong known as “lion rock“, which suggests that the people of the Orient were familiar with lions at some time.

Is THIS the Beast of Bodmin? ‘Best proof so far’ of terrifying big cat prowling UK countryside